TABLE 3.

Phylogenetic affiliations of pcaH sequences from cultured members (SE isolate collection) and uncultured members (salt marsh community clones) of the bacterial community associated with decaying Spartina and from enrichments of that community with a variety of aromatic substrates (enrichment clones)^a

Organisms	% of sequences affiliated with:
	Roseobacter group	Rhodobacter group	Acinetobacter	Halomonas	Bacillus	Unidentified organisms
Salt marsh community clones (n = 25)	44	0	0	0	0	56
Enrichment clones (n = 124)	54	2	4	0	2	38
SE isolate collection (n = 28)	11	71	3.5	3.5	11	NAb

^aClone affiliations were inferred based on ≤1-bp difference with pcaH sequences from isolates. 

^bNA, not applicable.